About

£71,987

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863

backers

A bit about me

I am an avid tabletop wargamer and an avid
boardgamer. I particularly like boardgames with beautiful, detailed plastic
miniatures! I am a huge fan of the Commands and Colours series of games by the
much acclaimed author, Richard Borg - especially Ancients and Memoir '44, both
in the boardgame version and the larger tabletop format. I love the elegant,
fun, exciting, fast play nature of these games that give the gamer the feel of
combat in that period, whether it be storming the Normandy beaches in 1944 or
grimly defending the legion's eagle against hordes of ferocious, hairy
barbarians. Two to three games can be comfortably played to exciting conclusions in an
evening.

Will
Townshend, Owner, The Plastic Soldier Company, PSC Games

Introduction by Richard Borg

The Commands &
Colors WWI THE GREAT WAR game rules allow players to portray important
engagements throughout WWI history. The battles, included in the scenario
booklet, focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain
features of trench fighting in scale with the game system. The scale of the game
is flexible and varies from battle to battle. For some scenarios, a few
infantry units may represent an entire wing of a larger battle, while in other
scenarios a unit may represent just a few brave soldiers going over the top.

The Command card system
drives movement, creates a “fog of war”, and presents players with many
interesting opportunities, while the battle dice resolve combat quickly and
efficiently. The Combat cards add an element of suspense and will challenge
players to coordinate their use in a timely manner. Overall, the battlefield
tactics players will need to execute to gain victory conform remarkably well to
the strengths and limitations of the various types of WWI units, their weapons,
battlefield terrain, and written history.

In this core game, the
main focus is on a number of WWI trench warfare battles. However, a series of
expansions, which will feature early war, Eastern Front scenarios, tanks,
airplanes, other national armies, plus more special personnel figures, are
already in the planning stage to enhance your WWI gaming experience.

Welcome and Enjoy!

Richard Borg, Game Designer and creater of the Commands and Colours System

Richard Borg bio

Although best
known for being the designer of the Command and Colours game system, Richard
Borg is held in the highest esteem of the board game community for his
catalogue of excellent games. His first game, “Liars Dice”, was published by
Milton Bradley, as long ago as 1987 and in 1993 he won the Spiel des Jahres for
"Bluff". He continued designing games throughout the 90’s and in 2000 he
introduced Commands and Colours and has created five successful titles which use
this elegantly simple system.

Intro to The Plastic Soldier Company

The Plastic Soldier Company has been producing
good quality, highly detailed 1/100th and 1/72nd scale hard plastic military
kits and miniatures for both the tabletop gaming and scale modelling markets.
We have over 60 kits in our fast growing catalogue and have been producing kits for over 5 years. This is our first venture
into the boardgame market. Hopefully the start of many ventures.

Game box design

The Great War, box design

Game Box Contents

The Great War, game box contents, prototype. Actual game will have wooden engraved dice as standard.

PrototypeGame

The Great War prototype. Actual game board will not have white border.

Why Kickstarter

Launching a new game in any genre is rarely easy and
never free. We are very close to having everything in place to give the go
ahead for the manufacturer to print run the game. Kickstarter is a magnificent and
proven vehicle to reach out to like-minded supporters interested in helping make
a labour of a love a reality. This will also gives us an idea of how other
people feel about the game. We are so passionate and invested in the project
that we may have lost some perspective, so having a way of knowing how others
feel about it is vitally important. We really could not do this without your
support.

Stretch goals

We have some excellent rewards mapped out if we meet our stretch goals and we
will update you with more details the closer we get.

£70k Plastic artillery guns and crews to replace the reserve artillery card tokens ( 5 British guns and crews
and 5 German guns and crews) exclusive to Kickstarter core game sets but will
be available to purchase as separate sets in the future. - UNLOCKED!

Rewards

If you believe in The Great War as much as
we do and you want to help unlock the stretch goals, please feel free to make
multiple pledges. For example, order a standard game and add the extra
miniatures sets or a mug or a t-shirt or all of the above.

Pledge add-ons

If you would like to add additional items to your pledge, please choose 1 or more from the list below, then follow the instructions on how to add to your existing pledge.

The Great War branded mug £11

1 extra set of 81 miniatures, British £15

1 extra set of 81 miniatures, German £15

The Great War branded t-shirt £16
(Will contact you for size)

Additional game board £8

Additional terrain tile set £8

“Epic” bundle of extra set of British miniatures, extra set
of German miniatures, an extra game board and an extra terrain tile set for £35

1 extra set of 5 British guns and crews £12

1 extra set of 5 German guns and crews £12

Add-on instructions

To add to your pledge, follow these steps

Click ‘Manage Your Pledge’, If you have not pledged yet, it will ask you to ‘Back This Project’

Increase your pledge in the ‘Pledge Amount’ box, to the value of any add-ons you wish to receive.

After the Kickstarter campaign is complete, you will receive a survey that will ask you how you would like the pledge money allocated. You can then let us know which add-ons you chose.

Our sincere gratitude

We are well advanced with the production of
the game - the plastic miniatures are with the toolmakers and the rules and
scenarios are all written, playtested and well into the graphic design stage.
We will be producing the game with a well regarded European factory and are on
course to release the game summer 2015. Many thanks for your help and support
in making this exciting project a reality and we promise to keep you updated
regularly with progress reports.

Will

Risks and challenges

While The Great War is the first boardgame from PSC Games, the project is combining several well proven components. The game rules and scenarios are the work of the proven designer Richard Borg. The game will be printed at specialist games printers in Germany, which will ensure quality production. The miniatures are being produced by the Plastic Soldier Company, which is the most experienced manufacturer of 15mm scale, hard plastic miniatures, in the world. As a result we are confident that we can hit our timescales.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £11 or more
About $14

As a huge thank you from all of us here, we will give you a branded mug, so that everytime you have a cup of tea you can be reminded of how much we appreciate you and hopefully get a warm glow from your own generosity.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £16 or more
About $21

The Great War branded T-Shirt (Small)
As with the mug, we want you to know just how valuable yor support has been to us. So we hope you wear your T-Shirt 1 size too small so that it feels like we are hugging you when you wear it.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £49 or more
About $64

1* Standard Game. English Version.
We cannot begin to explain are appreciation for any support given to our little project. As a little extra thank you to our initial supporters, we have created an early bird special reward.

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Pledge £49 or more
About $64

Early bird reward.

1* Standard Game. French Version.
We cannot begin to explain our appreciation for any support given to our little project. This is a little extra thank you to our initial supporters and is limited 200.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £49 or more
About $64

Early bird reward.

1* Standard Game. German Version.
We cannot begin to explain our appreciation for any support given to our little project. This is a little extra thank you to our initial supporters and is limited 200.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £59 or more
About $77

1* Standard Game. English Version.
We really believe in this game and have taken the time to make it look, feel and most of all play like the best parts of our favourite games. Its your support that will help us realise our goal of launching the game and for that you will have our eternal gratitude.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £59 or more
About $77

1* Standard Game. French Version.
We really believe in this game and have taken the time to make it look, feel and most of all play like the best parts of our favourite games. Its your support that will help us realise our goal of launching the game and for that you will have our eternal gratitude.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £59 or more
About $77

1* Standard Game. German Version.
We really believe in this game and have taken the time to make it look, feel and most of all play like the best parts of our favourite games. Its your support that will help us realise our goal of launching the game and for that you will have our eternal gratitude.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £105 or more
About $137

2* Standard Game. English Version
This is a reward for any of you generous supporters who would like a copy of the game for themselves and maybe a gift for the adversary you most frequently battle with or maybe a second set to allow you to play double sized games.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £105 or more
About $137

2* Standard Game. French Version.
This is a reward for any of you generous supporters who would like a copy of the game for themselves and maybe a gift for the adversary you most frequently battle with or maybe a second set to allow you to play double sized games.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £105 or more
About $137

2* Standard Game. German Version.
This is a reward for any of you generous supporters who would like a copy of the game for themselves and maybe a gift for the adversary you most frequently battle with or maybe a second set to allow you to play double sized games.